Seven Reasons to Choose a Home Depot Thermostat

When deciding on a home thermostat, there are multiple options for purchase and multiple stores that you can buy them from. Today, we wanted to discuss Home Depot as a provider of thermostats, specifically why it is such a good choice for purchasing smart home products. It is arguably the most well-known home improvement big box store and certainly the most popular with DIY-rs.  Home Depot’s business model goes beyond the standard big box promise of having everything you could possibly need for building, fixing, and repairing your home under one roof. The company separates itself from the pack by providing DIY classes for those who would like to save money while also being safe and responsible. This is a very important distinction to make and why we are covering this retailer as it applies to purchasing home thermostats. If you intend to install your home thermostat yourself then you might want to look—first– at Home Depot, and here’s why:

Home Depot Offers a Huge Selection of Thermostats

This is a large national chain that understands their market quite well. Home Depot knows that convenience that drives sales. That is why it makes no difference whether you are buying online or at the store location, you will still have the same exact list of choices in front of you. And as a home improvement store that caters to both builders and DIY shoppers, it also provides a much larger selection of thermostats than Wal-Mart or Amazon. Selling to both builders and homeowners (with varying budgets) means carrying models from the most basic to the most high tech, especially if they want tocompete with Lowes or Ace. That’s great for you as a consumer because it opens up a larger breadth of models to choose from. Home Deport sells low end options like the Honeywell 1-Week Programmable Thermostats as well as top of the line Nest products like the Smart Learning Wi-Fi.
Basically, if you can name it they probably sell it.

Home Depot Sells the Whole Package

As we have covered when crafting home thermostat reviews many of the thermostats available for purchase require C-wires to install while others require batteries. Home Depot carries everything you need to Do-It-Yourself and if you use the website, much like with Amazon, it will help guide you towards the appropriate bundle for your thermostat purchase by suggesting other items you may need to install it. For those shopping in stores, they have the option of speaking with department reps about what they need for the installation. This makes it easy to buy everything needed for your installation in a single purchase. It even sells tools like screwdrivers, electric drills, and other hardware equipment.

Home Depot Offers its Own Warranties

Warranties are something most of us would prefer not to have to buy. We would love for companies to back up their products with extended warranties without us having to pay extra, but those days are long gone. Most of the home thermostats available for purchase come with limited warranties that cover the product for a few months, which is why buying extended warranties is a good idea even if it is not a fun one. When you make a significant investment in smart home technology the last thing you want to do is replace a major component of it out of your own pocket before the year is even up. Home Depot’s website allows you to search for products with brand warranties and purchase Home Depot warranties to go along with it.

Home Depot Provides DIY Classes

For those of us who have taken them, the DIY classes they offer are invaluable. Their instructors walk you step-by-step through the process, taking questions along the way. You don’t even have to make a purchase at the store to sign up for the classes. You could buy the product online and learn how to install it at the Home Depot brick and mortar location. Your local store will also take suggestions on what classes your region would like to see made available, so it is possible to suggest a class on DIY Smart Home installation.

Home Depot Has Great Customer Service

There are only a handful of stores that you can truly recommend as a shopper when it comes to customer service. Regardless of whether you bought the product online or in their store, their Customer Service reps will do their best to work with you and your issues. They don’t hassle you about exchanges and if you have a warranty with them it’s like being a First Class Passenger aboard a jet. Their people will make the process to return, refund or replace the unit as pain free as possible.

Home Depot’s Website is Awesome

Website “awesomeness” is not talked about nearly enough in online reviews, but it should be.  If we are all honest with each other, we know that as consumers we’ve become lazy. Smartphone apps have made it so easy on us to get what we want quickly. So having to conduct multiple keyword searches to find what we need will turn us off a website. Home Depot utilizes checkboxes in such a way that you can quickly build a search that will get you a list of options that are exactly what you were looking for.
And that’s awesome.

Home Depot’s Review System is Reliable

We all know that using consumer ratings to help us guide purchases is trickier than ever before. Without naming names, some websites have not done the best job of policing the user reviews and rating system. Home Depot reviews tend to be reliable and accurate. They have a large customer base that is very opinionated and that is extremely useful for making purchases.
In conclusion, when you are deciding on a thermostat, Home Depot is a good place to start and possibly finish your shopping. Home Depot Thermostats are well-priced, there are multiple warranty options available, you are able to read reviews, and if you are having installation trouble their in store team is great with helping you to figure out where you went wrong and what the next steps should be.